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Leicester 2-1 Crystal Palace - December 23, 1972 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 23

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

December 23, 1972

Leicester

2 - 1

Crystal Palace

Alan Birchenall

45'

(penalty) Frank Worthington

45'

Don Rogers

logo Leicester LEI

0' - Goal Don Rogers

45' - Goal Alan Birchenall photo Frank Worthington

45' - Goal Frank Worthington45

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46' - Substitution Alan Woollettis substituted by David Tomlin46

46' - Substitution Paddy Mulliganis substituted by John Craven

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

2 - 1

Crystal Palace

Leicester Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

Leicester

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age23 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Woollett46

Alan Woollett

England

B.date04/03/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

Rofe

Dennis Rofe

England

B.date01/06/1950

Age22 years

positionDefender

Manley

Malcolm Manley

Scotland

B.date01/12/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Farrington

John Farrington

England

B.date19/06/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

Cross

Graham Cross

England

B.date15/11/1943

Age29 years

positionDefender

Whitworth

Stephen Whitworth

England

B.date20/03/1952

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

Birchenall45

Alan Birchenall

England

B.date22/08/1945

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Weller

Keith Weller

England

B.date11/06/1946

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Glover

Leonard Glover

England

B.date31/01/1944

Age28 years

positionLeft Winger

Worthington45

Frank Worthington

England

B.date23/11/1948

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		23	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Woollett	46	25	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Rofe		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Manley		23	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Farrington		25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Cross		29	363	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Whitworth		20	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Birchenall	45	27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Weller		26	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leonard Glover		28	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Worthington	45	24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

104

Crystal Palace

Jackson

John Jackson

England

B.date05/09/1942

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Bell

Robert Bell

England

B.date26/10/1950

Age22 years

positionDefender

Payne

David Payne

England

B.date25/04/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

Blyth

Mel Blyth

England

B.date28/07/1944

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Phillip

Iain Phillip

Scotland

B.date14/02/1951

Age21 years

positionDefender

Mulligan46

Paddy Mulligan

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/03/1945

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Taylor

Anthony Taylor

Scotland

B.date06/09/1946

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Whittle

Alan Whittle

England

B.date10/03/1950

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Hughes

John Hughes

Scotland

B.date03/04/1943

Age29 years

positionForward

Cooke

Charlie Cooke

Scotland

B.date14/10/1942

Age30 years

positionRight Winger

Rogers0

Don Rogers

England

B.date25/10/1945

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Jackson		30	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Bell		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Payne		25	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Blyth		28	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Iain Phillip		21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paddy Mulligan	46	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Taylor		26	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Whittle		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hughes		29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Cooke		30	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Don Rogers		27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Tomlin	46	19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		John Craven	46	25	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alan Woollett

Jon Sammels

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Bloomfield

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

25 %

Bloomfield vs Crystal Palace

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 1972

Bloomfield vs Head

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Bert Head

316

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Head vs Leicester

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 1972

Head vs Bloomfield

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 1972

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Comments

Key figures

Crystal Palace keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 09/12/1972).

It's the first time Don Rogers scores 1 goal vs Crystal Palace in his professional career with Leicester

Crystal Palace keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 09/12/1972).

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLeicester 1-1 Wolverhampton23/09/1972

VLeicester 1-0 Southampton07/10/1972

LLeicester 1-2 Norwich City21/10/1972

DLeicester 2-2 Manchester United04/11/1972

LLeicester 0-1 Tottenham18/11/1972

VLeicester 3-1 West Bromwich Albion02/12/1972

Overall

DLeicester 2-2 Manchester United04/11/1972

DChelsea 1-1 Leicester11/11/1972

LLeicester 0-1 Tottenham18/11/1972

VLeicester 3-1 West Bromwich Albion02/12/1972

DBirmingham City 1-1 Leicester09/12/1972

LSheffield United 2-0 Leicester16/12/1972

Current form

Away

LSouthampton 2-0 Crystal Palace23/09/1972

DWolverhampton 1-1 Crystal Palace14/10/1972

LWest Ham 4-0 Crystal Palace28/10/1972

DDerby County 2-2 Crystal Palace11/11/1972

DChelsea 0-0 Crystal Palace25/11/1972

LIpswich Town 2-1 Crystal Palace09/12/1972

Overall

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Everton04/11/1972

DDerby County 2-2 Crystal Palace11/11/1972

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Leeds United18/11/1972

DChelsea 0-0 Crystal Palace25/11/1972

LIpswich Town 2-1 Crystal Palace09/12/1972

VCrystal Palace 5-0 Manchester United16/12/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	9

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	15	0
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
4	Victories (Competition total)	4
3	Victories (Home / Away)	0
7	Draws (Competition total)	8
4	Draws (Home / Away)	5
10	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	21
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	29
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.05	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1.18	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.7
1.43	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.38
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.7

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Keith Weller	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	John Craven
Keith Weller	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	John Hughes
Jon Sammels	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Jon Sammels	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Frank Worthington	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Don Rogers

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

4 v

2 d

0 l

9 gf

1 ga

Away

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

9 gf

7 ga

Total

12 matches

7 v

3 d

2 l

18 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

7 gf

9 ga

Away

6 matches

0 v

2 d

4 l

1 gf

9 ga

Total

12 matches

2 v

3 d

7 l

8 gf

18 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 30, 1922
Home	3 - 0	September 30, 1922

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 3	January 19, 1924
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 03, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Crystal Palace

1 - 1

Leicester

October 02, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Leicester

0 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

November 11, 1964 - League Cup 1964/1965

Crystal Palace

1 - 2

Leicester

November 04, 1964 - League Cup 1964/1965

Leicester

0 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

March 12, 1925 - Division 2 1924/1925

Leicester

3 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Rodney Fern

1 goal

1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/04/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

John Craven

1 goal

1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/04/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Malcolm Manley	2 matches	1971 - 1972
Rodney Fern	2 matches	1971 - 1972
Graham Cross	2 matches	1971 - 1972
Keith Weller	2 matches	1971 - 1972
Stephen Whitworth	2 matches	1971 - 1972
David Nish	2 matches	1971 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/10/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Sam Goodwin	2 matches	1971 - 1972
David Payne	2 matches	1971 - 1972
John McCormick	2 matches	1971 - 1972
John Craven	2 matches	1971 - 1972
Gerald Queen	2 matches	1971 - 1972
Anthony Taylor	2 matches	1971 - 1972